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To' ,ALL WHOM IT MAY eoNeERN:

y Beit known that L'PHILIP S. DUSENBURY, of Boseohbel, Grant county,Wisconsin, have invented a new and improved Portable Fence; andI- doherely declare that the following is a full and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and toythe-letters of reference marked thereon. x The nature of my inventionconsists in providing a portablefence made of sections of'fenec whichare joined together by means of notches in the horizontal bars neai` theend thereof, kept in place by'twe perpendicular stakes being capped oryokcd together, and passing into a foot-block which rests uponthe'grounditand Ia do hereb'y declare that the following isa full,clear,and exact description of the construction and operation Yot' thesame, reference heing'had to the annexed drawings, rneking a part ofthis specification, inv which-4 Figure A represents one of thehorizontal rails or bars of said fence to which the pickets are nailed.Figure B represents the cap or yoke, with apertures which fasten the twoupright stakes at thetop. lFigure Cirep'resents one of the uprightstakes. l

Figure D, with the twoapertures, represents the foot-'block whichfastens the bottom of the two upright stakes. The large iigure is acombination of the foregoing figs. C and D, showing the fenceas joinedtogether, the notches in the saidrails, near the end thereoffbeng'fitted into each other, passing between and 'supported in place bytheptwo uprights or stakes, held together by the cap or yoke on top,andthe foot-block at the bottom, which-rests upon the ground. j

'What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

' The arrangement and combination .of the foot-block D, yoke B, stake C,and notched and interlocking rails A, as and'for the purpose specified;

PHILIP-s. DUSENBURY.

I Witnesses:

G. C.' HsznL'roN, Cms. KIMBALL;

